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How to Make Present Pains in Infinite Craft

Present Pains is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 42 combinations to get there, and the final one is Pains plus Present Tense. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

PainsPresent TensePresent Pains

Marathon42 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 71

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 42 combinations in order.

  1. 1FireWaterSteam
  2. 2FireSteamEngine
  3. 3EarthWaterPlant
  4. 4EnginePlantCar
  5. 5WaterWindWave
  6. 6EarthWaveSand
  7. 7FireSandGlass
  8. 8GlassSteamMirror
  9. 9FireFireVolcano
  10. 10MirrorVolcanoEcho
  11. 11CarEchoReverse
  12. 12WindWindTornado
  13. 13TornadoWaterTsunami
  14. 14EarthTsunamiIsland
  15. 15EarthIslandContinent
  16. 16PlantWindDandelion
  17. 17DandelionWaterWine
  18. 18ContinentWineEurope
  19. 19EuropeSandSpain
  20. 20ReverseSpainPains
  21. 21EarthWindDust
  22. 22DustFireAsh
  23. 23EarthEngineTractor
  24. 24EarthTractorFarm
  25. 25FarmFireBarbecue
  26. 26AshBarbecueBurger
  27. 27BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  28. 28DustEngineVacuum
  29. 29FireVacuumBlack Hole
  30. 30Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  31. 31Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  32. 32PlantSteamTea
  33. 33EngineWindWindmill
  34. 34TeaWindmillDutch
  35. 35DustEarthPlanet
  36. 36FirePlanetSun
  37. 37SunTime MachineFuture
  38. 38DutchFutureTense
  39. 39Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  40. 40Black HoleTornadoSingularity
  41. 41Future TenseSingularityPresent Tense
  42. 42PainsPresent TensePresent Pains
Crafting tree
1Fire + Water→ Steam2Fire + Steam→ Engine3Earth + Water→ Plant4Engine + Plant→ Car5Water + Wind→ Wave6Earth + Wave→ Sand7Fire + Sand→ Glass8Glass + Steam→ Mirror9Fire + Fire→ Volcano10Mirror + Volcano→ Echo11Car + Echo→ Reverse12Wind + Wind→ Tornado13Tornado + Water→ Tsunami14Earth + Tsunami→ Island15Earth + Island→ Continent16Plant + Wind→ Dandelion17Dandelion + Water→ Wine18Continent + Wine→ Europe19Europe + Sand→ Spain20Reverse + Spain→ Pains21Earth + Wind→ Dust22Dust + Fire→ Ash23Earth + Engine→ Tractor24Earth + Tractor→ Farm25Farm + Fire→ Barbecue26Ash + Barbecue→ Burger27Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger28Dust + Engine→ Vacuum29Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole30Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine31Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger32Plant + Steam→ Tea33Engine + Wind→ Windmill34Tea + Windmill→ Dutch35Dust + Earth→ Planet36Fire + Planet→ Sun37Sun + Time Machine→ Future38Dutch + Future→ Tense39Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense40Black Hole + Tornado→ Singularity41Future Tense + Singularity→ Present Tense42Pains + Present Tense→ Present Pains

What you can make with Present Pains

Present Pains at a glance

Steps to craft
42
Marathon
Crafting depth
71
longer than 98% of solved elements
Known recipes
1
only one way
Used in
4
other combinations

Other elements that take 42 steps

Similar effort to Present Pains, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make Present Pains in Infinite Craft?

Combine Pains with Present Tense. The full path from the base elements takes 42 steps.

How many steps does it take to make Present Pains?

42 steps on the shortest known path from Water, Fire, Wind and Earth.

Is Present Pains hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 42 steps it is longer than 98% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make Present Pains?

Only one known combination produces Present Pains.

Path verified against the open recipe graph on . Method described in our methodology, data credited on data sources.